The Social Network and the Rise to Power Narrative
No one man should have all that power.
Shakespeare on Overthinking It
Scientology Wins! Pop Culture Defeats Psychology on the Subject of Humor
Please note: this article contains three references to genital injury, two of them illustrated. You have been warned. Plato said that comedy comes from enjoying the suffering of others. Aristotle argued that comedy comes from the ridiculous or from deformities … Continued
Hitler’s XBox: How Copyright Laws Threaten Our Mashup Culture
The company that owns Downfall is pulling all of the “Hitler Finds Out About…” videos off of YouTube. Constantin Films: you’re despoiling our culture’s future.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Future of the Terminator Franchise
Can Terminator get any worse than it is already? Oh yes, it can.
Overthinking Lost: Season 6 Episode 1
Are Lost’s characters “special” or not? And what will that mean for the series finale?
Books I Want to Write #1: The Thousand Lives of Asshole Shakespeare
[I’ll get back to wrapping up my “No Crying In Baseball” series next week, but for a bit, I want to start a new series — books I fantasize about writing someday. I’ll probably come back to this intermittently. It’s … Continued
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